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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=215 BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" background="0440eb82ermwup.jpg"> <bR> <bR> <div> ALONE</div> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-475/alone.mid" autostart="false" width="145" height="70">  </div> <div> sound control</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="food for thought 3 homepage"><B>BACK TO HOME 3</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="guestbook.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GUESTBOOK"><B>GUESTBOOK</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="turmoil.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="TURMOIL"><B>BACK TO "TURMOIL''</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="turmoil.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="TURMOIL"><B>SELECTION PAGE</B></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 style=" border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" background="043b85f1ermwup.jpg"> <div> <B>FOOD FOR THOUGHT TURMOIL</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=385 width="100%" colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#660000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <I>"</I><I>ONLY THE LONELY</I><I>"</I></div> <div> PROLOGUE:</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="242" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 2762 WIDTH="238"><bR> <div> If there're any folks out there</div> <div> who show no care or shame;</div> <div> or to the souls who know despair,</div> <div> This song is in your name.</div> <div> *******************</div> <div> There are concrete prisons in each state</div> <div> where real crooks do their time,</div> <div> but other cells where lonesome dwells</div> <div> are called a  "state of mind."</div> <div> *******************</div> <div> These jails are prisons in some lives</div> <div> without any walls and bars;</div> <div> they strangle-hold the lonely souls</div> <div> who're coping with their scars. </div> <div> *******************</div> <div> Some are sentenced up to life</div> <div> with no parole in sight,</div> <div> and they will stay in their dismay</div> <div> as victims in their plight.</div> <div> *******************</div> <div> Where , oh where, are friends who care?</div> <div> Have they no heart or soul?</div> <div> Compassionless, and emptiness,</div> <div> oblivious to console</div> <div> *********************</div> <div> It is a world where pains unfurl</div> <div> in someone's comfort search;</div> <div> and bitter ends may find no friends,</div> <div> just others who besmirch.</div> <div> ********************</div> <div> It's a sad, sad thing when some hearts sting</div> <div> when pierced by a poisonous word,</div> <div> but worst of all, is hear no call....</div> <div> with only silence heard. </div> <div> *********************</div> <div> And the lonely cell is a life of hell...</div> <div> in jail without a gate;</div> <div> but the prisoners there have a common share....</div> <div> they sit alone and wait! </div> <div> *************************</div> <div> Wait by the wayside lest they find</div> <div> some inner self release</div> <div>  to live by fain, to fight the pain</div> <div> for everlasting peace.</div> <div> ************************</div> <div> Peace, ah, peace... what a gracious thing</div> <div> in a world where folks need love,</div> <div> where they live on and be unknown,</div> <div> except to God above!</div> <div> **********************</div> <div> And someday comes for the lonely ones</div> <div> when peace will come to all,</div> <div> for heaven waits for the lone inmates...</div> <div> who receive their only call!</div> <div> **********************</div> <div> By William E. 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